News For September 2003

• Penn State Ag Faculty Testify On Agroterrorism In Pennsylvania
  Friday September 26, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Greater resources are needed to prevent and respond to potential terrorist attacks against Pennsylvania agriculture, a group of Penn State faculty experts and administrators recently told state legislators. This investment also would contribute to agricultural efficiency and profitability by increasing security against naturally occurring or unintentionally introduced biological threats, they said.

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• Redding Named Extension Director In Cumberland County
  Friday September 26, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Cooperative Extension has named Nina Redding of Aspers as county extension director in Cumberland County, effective immediately. Redding replaces Duane Duncan, who is retiring after 45 years of service to cooperative extension.

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• Dairy Hedging Workshop Offered By Downes-O'neill And Penn State
  Tuesday September 16, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania dairy farmers tired of riding the roller coaster of volatile milk prices can learn to lock in profitable milk prices by attending a workshop offered by a dairy futures brokerage firm and Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Pittsburgh's Food Systems Featured In Nutrition Bus Tour
  Friday September 12, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network (PA NEN) will sponsor the second "Food Systems Tour," Sept. 17 and 18 in Pittsburgh and surrounding regions. The tour will focus on the many organizations and people responsible for providing food in southwestern Pennsylvania, according to PA NEN coordinator Richard Poorbaugh.

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• Senior Volunteers Needed For Environmental Program
  Thursday September 11, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Older adults who love being around children and nature are needed to join in an intergenerational environmental program from Penn State Cooperative Extension and Penn State's Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

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• 4-H Programs Are Preparing New Beef Producers
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK -- Pennsylvania's answer to the widely asked question, "Where's the beef?" can be found in Penn State Cooperative Extension 4-H livestock clubs, which teach youth skills needed to become beef producers. More than 1,700 young people participated in such clubs last year.

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• Skyrocketing Natural Gas Prices Make Winterization Crucial
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With headlines warning of natural gas price hikes as high as 50 percent later this year, a Penn State energy expert urges agricultural producers to start winterizing their properties right away.

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• Here's An Old Saw: Don't Hire Just Anyone To Prune Your Trees
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Just about anybody can prune a tree, but that doesn't mean they should, warns a community forestry expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who advises homeowners to hire a qualified arborist to preserve natural beauty and safety on their properties.

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• Ag Sciences Faculty Members Named Harbaugh Scholars
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Four Penn State faculty members have been named Harbaugh Faculty Scholars by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Penn State Expert Says Plant The Right Tree In The Right Place
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Faced with a droopy, drab or dying tree that you paid big bucks for at the nursery? Chances are the tree is struggling in a site that is ill-suited for its health, says an expert in community forestry in Penn State's School of Forest Resources.

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• Go Out On A Limb To Care For Young Trees, Penn State Expert Says
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The most important steps in caring for a young tree start before you buy the tree, according to a community forestry expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Taking Some Off The Top Is Great For Haircuts, But Bad For Trees
  Wednesday September 10, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Getting a bad haircut is just a temporary condition in which the hair grows back none the worse for wear. But, removing the entire canopy of a tree -- a practice called "topping" -- has much more lasting and sometimes fatal consequences, warns an arborist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Unique Air-Quality Monitoring Facility To Open Friday
  Tuesday September 09, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- On a hillside where the top of Beaver Stadium can be seen just above the treetops in a scenic area that will someday be near the middle of the university's Arboretum, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, in cooperation with Penn State's Institutes of the Environment, on Sept. 12 will open a unique Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center.

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• Best Part Of Penn State Beef Sale Is Educational Benefit To Students
  Tuesday September 09, 2003

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Proud! Beef Cattle Sale, Nov. 7 at the University Park campus, should generate upwards of $100,000 for the College of Agricultural Sciences, share highly desired top-quality Angus genetics with beef producers across the East and reaffirm Penn State's reputation as an institution that maintains a first-class breeding operation.

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